Headlight.



B. YOAKUM.

HBADLIGHT.

APPLIGATloN FILED JULY 25,1913.

Patented N0v.18, 1913.

NVENTOR. 60m/ ya WINE SESH BURT YOAKUM, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

HEADLGHT.

Specification of Letters fatent.

Application filed July 25, 1913. Serial No. 781,178.

Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

VTo all whom t may concern Beit known that I, Bour YOAKUM, a. citizen ofthe United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotteand State of Kansas, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Headlights,- of which the 'following is a specification. N

My invention relates to improvements in headlights.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple, durable andefticient mechanism for removably holding the pane of glass of aheadlight, so that the pane may be readily removed or inserted, vandwhich willl eliminate the breakage of the pane, due to its being`displaced through jolting to which the headlight may be subjected.

In thev preferred form of my invention, which is illustrated in thedrawing-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a headlightprovided with myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is anenlarged elevation of one of the closures, shown detached. Fig. 4 is anenlarged, horizontal section, on the line a-Z of Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is avertical section, on the line'a-cl of Fig. Q, Fig. 6 is an enlargedcross section on the line ef of Fig. 1, Fig. 7 is an enlarged.

cross sect-ion, on the line g-t of Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference designate similar parts in the differentviews.-

1 designates lthe body of the headlight and 2 a casing at the forwardend of the headlinht. and provided at one side edge with a slot 3, Figs.6 and?, through which' is adaptedAto be inserted a pane of glass il,which when inserted, rests in grooves provided therefor at the upper andlower end of the casing and at the side edge which is opposite tothatcontaining the slot 3, as indicated by dotted linesin Fig. 1. Thesegrooves are disposed in the same plane as the slot 3.

After the pane 4 has been inserted, it is retained in place by means ofa closure, which is vertically removable fronntlLc/easing;l and ispreferably slidably interloclnd therewith in the following;rmanncr:-I`he body 5 of the closure is provided at. opposite verticaledges with inwardly extending flanges G, which form `grooves torreceivingr respectively two vertical flung@ 7. Fig. 7. which extend inopposite directions out,- wardly at right angles from the casing Q.

The upper cud ot thc closure 5 is providedwith an inwardly turned lip R.which restsupon'the" casing 2 aud closes the' upper of the slot 3, andsupports the closure in the closed position. VPreferably the lip fd isprovided at opposite side edges, as shown 1n Figs. 1,3 and 6, withdownwardly turned fianges 9, which embrace opposite sides of the easing2.

To remove a pane the closure 5 is slipped upwardly out of engagementwith the flanges 7, thereby opening the slot, so that the pane can -beslip ed outwardly therethrough. After a pane as been inserted theclosure is slipped back in position, as shown in Fig. 1, l

`and in this position will securely retain the nine within the casing.

By reason of the closure 5 being vertically slidably mounted on theflanges 7, any jolt'- ing to which lthe headlight may be subjected willtend to retain the closure in its seat andV itcannot thereby be olted orrubbed by the pane from the closed position. As conrmonly mounted inheadlightcasings, the panes are slipped in from the top, and the panesand closures are liable to displacement from jolting, which displacementresults in the breaking of the pane. Vith my construction, the danger ofbreakage from this cause is eliminated.

The'side panes 10, are removably mounted in casings 11, in substantiallythe same mauner as is the. pane 4 in the casing 2. The casing 11, asshown in Fig. i, isiprovided at one side edge with a slot 12.corresponding to the slot 3. already described, and the casing atopposite sides of said slot is provided with lateral, vertical, flanges13, which extend outwardly in opposite directions` and which correspondto the flanges i', and which are slidably mounted in two grooves,provided in opposite sides of a closure 15, having inwardly turnedlianges 14,"at'opposite side edges, as shown in Fig. 4. which embracethe flanges 18. The closure 15, at its upper end. is provided, as

shown in Figs. Q 1nd with an inwardly turned lip 16. which rests uponthe casing 11. closes the slot 12. at .its upper end and supports theclosure 15 in the closed position.

The operation of the closure l5 is the.. same as the closure 5.

It desired. the lip S may have its joint with the. body 5, reinforced byan angular reinforcing plate 1T, as shown in 1 and 2.

I do not limit my invent-ion to the structures illustrated anddescribed, as modifications, within v thesco'pe f the appended l claims,may be -made without departing from the spi-rit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters.

vided at the opposite side edge and at the'- bottom with groovesdisposed in the same plane as said slot, for receiving the pane insertedthrough said slot,` and an upwardly removable slidable closure havingmeans for interlocking with Said casing for closing said slot andretaining the pane'inserted in said groove, the closure having at itsupper end alip which, in the closed position, rests upon the casing andsupports the closure.

In a headlight, a casing for holding a pne of glass provided, at oneside edge with avslot, the casing at opposite sides of said slot havinglianges extending vertically and atoright angles outwardly, the casingat its other side edge and at its bottom being provided with groovesdisposed in the same plane as said slot, for receiving and supporting apane inserted into said slot, and an upwardly removable` closureslidable on said A flanges and having two oppositely disposed groovesadapted to receive said fianges, the closure at its upper end having alip which, 'in the closed position, rests upon the casing, closes thetop of the slot and supports the closure. y Y y In testimony whereof` Ihave signed my name to this speciication in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

BURT YOAKUM. Witnesses IVARREN I). HOUSE, E. B. HOUSE.

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